Track construction.



w. G. WILSON.

TRACK CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION IYI'LBD MAR. 26, 1912.

Patented 0015.1, 1912.

an era ns rarrnn'r onri'on WILLIAM e WlLsoN', or vinsr nxuenron, NEW roan.

TRAGH oous'rnucrion;

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Tohll whom "it may concern;

Be .itknown that 1, WILLIAM WILSON, a citiaen of thellnited States, residing at West Brighton, county ofRiehmond, and State of New York have invented a new v useful improvement in Track Construo tion, of which the following is a spehifica tion.

in track construction, and it has "for its main object the production of a track possessing all the resiliency of a track of the ordinary construction in which steel rails and Wooden ties are used,' and possessing, Le orbverturnmg' of the rails.

further, devices for preventing spreading The invention consists in certain constructions and combinations which will be hereinafter fully described, and then specifically set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification and in which like "characters of reference indicate the same or like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective vieiv of a traclg constructed in accordancewith the invention, Fig. 2 is a de tailed side elevation of a part of the structure shown in Fig.1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view, partly in section, illustrating the method of insulating the rails, and Fig. 4 is at'ragmentary crosssectional View of one of the rails and rail spacing devices.

In carrying the invention into efi'ectytherc is provided a pair of rails 1, and a series of wooden ties 2 of the ordinary construe tion, the Wooden ties 2 being adapted to support the rails and to be in turn supported by the road-bed indicatedat 3 inFig. 2. The device so far described differs in no Way from an ordinary track.

For the purpose of preventing rtherails from spreading or overturning from 'anv cause, there are provided a. plurality ofrail spacing members, the numberjof rail spacing members being less than the number of ties supporting the rails. These rail spac ing members underlie and are supported by the rails, but are not supported by the road-bed, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The particular typeof rail spacing member shown in the drawings includes end-sections 4 and h, and a rigid. bar 6 bolted to and connecting said end section'si The end sec ticn comprises parts one of which has proiecticn Torerlying one side of the Specification of llettcrslatcnt. Application filed March 26, 1312- 52115. Nofilillfldfi.

This invention relates to an improvement 'tion is carried into eilect.

Patented Oct i 1, 1.912.

base or. the me, The other part has a projection 8 overlying the opposite side of the base of the rail. Thesetwo parts lie side by side and are" rabbeted to receive the end of the rigid bar 6. The two parts are held togetherby bolts 9, 10, and 11. The

bolts 10 and 11 are respectively insulated from the section 4 and the rigid bar 6 by means of non-conducting sleeves 12 and 13. The bar 6 is insulated from the parts of the end section t by non-conducting plates 14 and 15. The object 01 this insulation is to prevent interference with the electric sig naling system in which the rails are used as conductors. The end section 5 is similar in all respects to the end sect-ion 4 just described, and it is therefore deemed unnecessary to specifically describe said section 5.

It will be. readily understood, particularly upon inspection of Fig. 2, that the presence of the rail spacing members interferes in no way-with theresiliency of the track a Whole, but that it will prevent the rails from spreading or overturning from any cause, particularly when the spikes holding the rails to the ties become loosened.

Chapges and variations may be made in the structure by means of which the inven- The invcutiom therefore, is not to be limited to the precise details of the structure shown and described.

What is claimed is: I

1. A. railway track comprising a pair of rails, a series of wooden ties supporting the. rails and resting upon the road bed, a plurality of rail spacing members underlying and supported by the rails and unsupportedby the road bed each o'l said spacing members being made up of eudsections and a middle section horizontally... bolted to-' rails, a series of Wooden ties supportingthe rails and resting upon the .road bed, a plurality of rail spacing members underlying and supported by the rails and unsupported byrthe road bed, each of said members being made up of end sections and a rigid middle section horizontally bolted together and insulated one from the other, said end sections having projections overlying both sidesg of the base of both rails. TL

A spacing lflQlill CIff0P the rails of a railway track comprising a rigid bar, and

a pair of oppositely'disposed end sections horizontally double-bolted .one to each end of the rigid bar, each of said'end sections con-- sistin of a pair of sister bars adapted to, under ie the base of a rail and having positely disposed projections adapted to overlie both sides of the base of, a rail. 4. A spacing member for. the rails of a railway track comprising a rigid bar, and

' the adjacent ends of a pair of oppositely disposed end sections, the end sections being rabbeted to receive the ends of the rigid bar and being insulated from and horizontally double-bolted to said bar, each of said 'end sections consisting of a pair of sister 15 bars, adapted .to underlie the base of a rail and having oppositely disposed projections of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM G. WILSON. Witnesses: I

SYDNEY J. Pnnsoo'rr, FRANK H. IVICK, Jr. 

